As Actor
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998
6.8
Grigori Aleksandrov
Acting
Birth Date
January 22, 1903
Place of Birth
Yekaterinburg, Russian Empire
Date of Death
December 16, 1983
Biography
Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (original family name was Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 - 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973. He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950. Initially associated with Sergei Eisenstein, with whom he worked as a co-director, screenwriter and actor, Aleksandrov became a major director in his own right in the 1930s, when he directed Jolly Fellows and a string of other musical comedies starring his wife Lyubov Orlova. Though Aleksandrov remained active until his death, his musicals, amongst the first made in the Soviet Union, remain his most popular films. They rival Ivan Pyryev's films as the most effective and light-hearted showcase ever designed for Stalin-era USSR. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grigori Aleksandrov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Complete Filmography
As Actor, As Writer
¡Qué Viva México!
1979
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Starling and Lyre
1974
5.5
As Director, As Writer
Russian Souvenir
1960
3.2
As Director
Meeting on the Elbe
1949
4.0
As Director, As Writer
Spring
1947
6.1
As Director
A Family
1943
7.5
As Director
The Shining Path
1940
4.3
As Director, As Writer
The General Line
1929
6.3
As Director, As Writer
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
6.9
As Actor
Battleship Potemkin
1925
7.6
As Actor, As Writer
Strike
1925
7.4
As Actor
Glumov's Diary
1923
5.0